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URAVAN-BECK PROJECT DRILL SITE P-4 Page 2 of 7 NOTICE OF INTENT TO COMMENCE PROSPECTING APPENDICES To NOI APPLICATION Section 111.7. D. Twenty drill holes will be situated in 3- to 7-hole fence patterns of close-order (15-25 ft. separation). The sub-parallel fences may be as close as 50 ft. apart, depending on old drill patterns, roads, and topography. All drilling disturbance will be located within the 4.5 acre drill site. Topsoil stockpiles will be constructed along the side of each drill fence for use in reclamation. A pile of woody debris will be located centrally to the drill hole fences. Section lll. 7. H. Equipment for Drilling: • Three pick-ups: one for Yellowcake logger, one for geophysical logger, one for driller. • Drill rig. • Plastic water tank will be mounted on one truck (used for mixing bentonite or neat cement for hole plugging and abandonment, and for fire safety). Water will be purchased locally. • Fuel will be carried in approved containers on second pickup. • One truck-mounted drilling rig, 1,000 to 1,500-ft. depth capability, air-rotary and hammer-type drills on board. • One wheeled backhoe with blade and bucket. • One ATV with trailer for reclamation seeding work. • One low-boy trailer to haul the backhoe and ATV close to the site. The trailer will be parked on the S-12 road at the edge of the drill area to minimize site impacts. Section 111.7.1. Soil will be stripped to a 6 in. depth from a 20 ft. diameter area around each drill hole and stored in a stockpile to the side of each drill fence. Total volume of topsoil stored per drill hole will be approximately 7.4 CY. Large vegetation, such as trees and shrubs over 3 ft. high, that cannot be avoided, will be cut down prior to topsoil stripping and stored near the center of the drill area until drilling is completed, when debris will be hauled to the Montrose County West End Landfill located two miles west and one mile north of Nucla. See also 111.5.